The trial of curiosity : Henry James, William James, and the challenge of modernity

The trial of curiosity : Henry James, William James, and the challenge of modernity /

In this important revisionist study, Posnock integrates literary and psychological criticism with social and cultural theory to make a major advance in our understanding of the life and thought of two great American figures, Henry and William James. Challenging canonical images of bothbrothers, Posn...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Posnock, Ross
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
Subjects:
James, Henry, > 1843-1916 > Criticism and interpretation.
James, William, > 1842-1910 > Influence.
Modernism (Literature) > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Master and Worm; Anarchist and Idiot
  • The Trial of Curiosity
  • Henry and William James and the Trial of Curiosity
  • "On a Certain Blindness": Henry James and the Politics of Cultural Response
  • "The Religion of Doing": Breaking the Aura of Henry James
  • Abolishing the Logic of Identity: Contexts and Consequences
  • The Challenge of Modernity
  • "Adventures of the Critical Spirit": Rereading The American Scene
  • "At the Active Pitch": Mimetic Selfhood in James's Autobiography
  • Lifting the Yoke of the Genteel: Henry James, George Santayana, and Howard Sturgis
  • Going to Smash: Violence in The Ambassadors
  • "The Amazing Hotel-World": The American Scene of 1904
  • Coda: The Politics of Nonidentity.

Similar Items